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I recently visited a light house on the coast. I asked them what they use the clean the light house glass. They said way back when they used wine. And now use vinegar.
I tried that on the inside of my windshield, then was overcome with the strong fumes! I opened the other door to get some air flowing...
I didn't read through the whole thread, but I'll mention a couple odd things that I've done, or seen done, that worked great.
1. When I was about 15, my dad bought a used car for my mom and the inside of the windshield was constantly getting a film no matter how many times my mom cleaned it. One day my dad drove the car since his vehicle was being worked on and I went with him. He was annoyed with the film and stopped in a parking lot, pulled out the ashtray which still had a little ash in it from the previous owner, poured the ash out onto a cloth and proceeded to wipe the windshield down. The film didn't comeback, there was no streaking and it had the added benefit of keeping condensation down.
I've never seen anyone but my dad do this and no one I mention it to seems to know this trick of using ash. I've done it with ash out of the fireplace.
2. As strange as it sounds, hair. I was having the same problem with film buildup on a car we bought, had no ash to clean it, but I did have a large amount of horse hair I trimmed off my horse. I was saving it to sell for making horse hair items, but on a whim I grabbed a handful and wiped down the inside of the windshield. It worked great, the film never came back. I live in a desert and condensation is not an issue out here, so don't know if it has the same effect on reducing condensation as the ash.
Not to hijack the thread, but what do people use on tinted windows? I know not to use ammonia, but plain water doesn't always get the job done.
I'm a window tinter, residential not cars. Get a small spray bottle 6, 8, 12 oz, whatever, fill it almost to the top with water and give it 2 or 3 squirts of baby shampoo in the bottle. Baby shampoo is used by tinters to clean the window before film install, it's used to wet the film during the install and is perfectly safe to clean windows, tinted or not after the install. A good quality paper towel, Bounty , Brawny etc. is preferred.
If not mentioned, I use 303 aerospace protectant on interior, and stoners invisible glass. If I have a bad problem... I would try 50/50 isopropal alcohol and deionized water and a chamy.
It's called out in engineering specs on aircraft Windows which is very very particular about minor imperfections.
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